Dammit...Forgot to DVR it. Thanks Stinky!

McCain 08!

My son has the same birthday as McCain...and my son is a pretty good guy.

This is great. McCain comes off as very likeable here.

As opposed to a certain whiny crybaby throwing a three day tantrum.

Thanks for posting this, Charles!

anyone else having problems with Firefox 3 and LGF?

That was great. and I loved the final screen. "we are having trouble connecting to our server, if you are running ad blocking software please disable it."

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I had more laughs on the 1/4 century I just rode on my cyclocross in the wet, clammy weather here in D.C.

'Crazy exciting!'

Based on the usual Moonbat format @ SNL, this could have gone worse.

He was darned good on Imus in the bad old days when I could stand NEITHER the I-man nor McCain. Now that I've learned to stop worrying and love John McCain, I'm in stitches.

OT
sorry it's so soon
[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

A leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been sentenced to death for the killing of the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho.

re: #7 beens21

Still on 2.0.0.14

re: #7 beens21

anyone else having problems with Firefox 3 and LGF?

No, but I'm still having problems with IE 7 and Vista 32. If I don't sign out and sign in each time, the viewer doesn't load and although it displays that I'm signed in, I'm really not. It must be some cookie/caching thing.

Heh.

This is very reminiscent of the appearances on "Laugh-In" by Richard Nixon. His "sock it to me?" line may have helped him win in '68.

That was pretty funny.

There's nothing funny about Obama or Hillary

re: #11 sngnsgt

Based on the usual Moonbat format @ SNL, this could have gone worse.

You know it's funny -- they've had some pretty incisive stuff, this year. Tina Fey and her cohorts, while all liberals, are also pretty smart. They haven't swooned for Obama like so many in the entertainment industry.

McCain is very likable. He's also sincerely humble, unlike a certain someone..

re: #7 beens21

I keep getting a "A script is no longer responding" message.

re: #19 Cognito
What surprised me was Sean Penn slamming Obama. Who knew?

re: #7 beens21

anyone else having problems with Firefox 3 and LGF?

What kind of problems? No issues here, and I have Firefox 3 running under a hacked version of OS X on a Dell laptop. If anything should have issues, my install should.

[GRIN]

Sort of what Rush has been saying.

Liked the gratuitous closing slam on John Edwards. . .

(And yes, I know Fey's no longer head writer at SNL, but she's still involved now and again, and her comedic offspring are running the joint now.)

I agree - let Hillary run on an Independent ticket -

(please oh please)

All I can see is Saul Tigh without his eyepatch.

No problems with the the Weekend Update video here. But his second comedy bit link doesn't work.

Wow, that was much funnier than I thought it would be.

re: #20 NoSubmission

McCain is very likable. He's also sincerely humble, unlike a certain someone..

he is likable but...oh...never mind!

McCain has always had a great sense of humor

I love political humor, when it's well done, as here.

Where are North and South America on the back-drop?

re: #26 looking closely

Liked the gratuitous closing slam on John Edwards. . .

Was that a slam on Edwards? I thought it was a joke about mixing in a third candidate to further diffuse the Democratic party's loyalties...

re: #33 opnion

McCain has always had a great sense of humor

I've seen him on The Daily Show before. He's quite funny.

re: #7 beens21

anyone else having problems with Firefox 3 and LGF?

Have been running 3RC and so far no problems. Only issue with functionality I've found is that Firefox hangs when trying to open pdfs in acrobat. That's beyond infuriating.

Charles,

It certainly personalizes him and shows his sense of humor (wicked, totally wicked), but the digs on the Democrats were very pointed and telling.

re: #29 Perry

All I can see is Saul Tigh without his eyepatch.

I think you're going to get airlocked for that. /just kidding...

re: #35 MandyManners

Where are North and South America on the back-drop?

Behind Amy Poehler.

What surprised me was the cordial reception he received from the Demoncrat audience. Then again, Demoncrats are governed by emotion and as such have only two gears; laughing and seething.

Check out what jaunte found.

/could be the Obama/Soros link with six months left to sort it all out

re: #40 Cognito

Behind Amy Poehler.

But, they're supposed to be between Europe and Asia. Is there some meaning to it?

loads very slowly,and when I clicked to see comments on a spinoff link,it froze up and on restart I had the blue screen of death for about 2 minutes.

re: #42 Killian Bundy

Check out what jaunte found.

/could be the Obama/Soros link with six months left to sort it all out

Good golly!

re: #41 Bubbaman

What surprised me was the cordial reception he received from the Demoncrat audience. Then again, Demoncrats are governed by emotion and as such have only two gears; laughing and seething.

Shows with live audiences have audience coaches who tell them when to clap and how hard.

re: #43 MandyManners

But, they're supposed to be between Europe and Asia. Is there some meaning to it?

The first two panels, left to right, are a world-wide map. The third panel, on the right, is a close-up of Europe. I don't think there's any significance to it, beyond set design, color schemes, etc etc etc.

re: #36 Cognito

Was that a slam on Edwards? I thought it was a joke about mixing in a third candidate to further diffuse the Democratic party's loyalties...

That too.
I'd consider it a good-natured poke.

"I also thought John Edwards had a lot of good ideas, and you might want to kick the tires on him one more time".

re: #16 ploome hineni

I used to think Imus was a pathetic idiot, now I think he is a jackass.

re: #46 NoSubmission

Shows with live audiences have audience coaches who tell them when to clap and how hard.

Well that's fitting for the Demoncrats; holding up signs telling them what to do.

re: #42 Killian Bundy

6 months is a long time.

So, Iraqi military units have been real busy of late, and yet another disembodied voice from the great beyond called in - and vented his spleen about the great jihad and liberation from the Arabs. Funny, but Iraq must not have worked out for him to keep hammering away on the Palestinian issue, don't you think?

It's quite telling - he's changed the goalposts, away from Iraq, to the Palestinians where that's his last hope for jihad. His audio handlers might be trying to instigate something against the Egyptians, and they might try another breach/invasion again. Still, that's not exactly defeating the Israelis and throwing them into the sea.

re: #42 Killian Bundy

Why am I not surprised.

Self-deprecation is a sign of confidence.

re: #47 Cognito

The first two panels, left to right, are a world-wide map. The third panel, on the right, is a close-up of Europe. I don't think there's any significance to it, beyond set design, color schemes, etc etc etc.

I look for hidden meanings nowadays when dealing with moonbats.

re: #29 Perry

All I can see is Saul Tigh without his eyepatch.

John McCain is the final Cylon!

Seriously, I think it's a good sign that a politician can go on SNL... The show is a cultural institution, just as much as the late-night talk shows.

re: #56 sngnsgt

Self-deprecation is a sign of confidence.

I wonder if BHO could pull it off. Or, HRC. I bet either could 'cause you gotta' have confidence to get where they are.

..." Clowns to the Left of me, Jokers to my right...."

re: #41 Bubbaman

What surprised me was the cordial reception he received from the Demoncrat audience. Then again, Demoncrats are governed by emotion and as such have only two gears; laughing and seething.

McCain will learn, that which he should have learned already, when the time is ripe those liberals he is courting will throw him under the bus with all due pomp and circumstance.

Bin Laden Tape released
Muslim Prick

re: #57 song_and_dance_man

It's all Killian's fault!

re: #62 Nevergiveup

McCain will learn, that which he should have learned already, when the time is ripe those liberals he is courting will throw him under the bus with all due pomp and circumstance.

Do I need to dig up the Big Bus video again?

re: #56 sngnsgt

Self-deprecation is a sign of confidence.

What's great about this sketch is that he isn't even being self-deprecating. He's clearly and most sincerely enjoying having the upper hand while the Democrats are imploding.

I think he guest-hosted SNL around 2003. Did a great sketch that was a Russert interview about whether he was going to run for President in '04, but the real classic was a sketch in which he sang Barbra Streisand hits and had some advice for her as well.

I hear that 70 s the new 50.

Or , so McCain hopes...

re: #53 song_and_dance_man

Really. We should all check it out.

Of course the Che flag was no accident.

I just (wrongly) assumed Obama attracted those types...not that he was created by them.

No wonder he has always creeped me out worse than even Hillary.

re: the McCain clip on SNL, its funny how sometimes you find these bits at the darnedest places.

Bill Maher Burka fashion show

Daily Show punks Al Jazeera

(yes reposts)

Cute, but McCain should have rehearsed it a few times. His timing was a tad off, you could tell he was reading from a teleprompter.

As much as I dislike McCains politics he nailed this one. Democrats and lefties have little sense of humor. I predict that McCain will win just because because he has this quality, Clinton and Obama also enjoy humor, they just can't dish it out. McCain will get my vote. I am extremely interested who his running mate will be...Hilary's military qualifications, the only good Marine is a dead Marine or my servant.....

/ no I am not an elitist!

It shows me he has the cajones to face a usually liberal SNL cast.

Speaking of McCain: Let's open that Mexican border a bit wider.

re: #71 Alouette

Cute, but McCain should have rehearsed it a few times. His timing was a tad off, you could tell he was reading from a teleprompter.

They all read from a teleprompter.

re: #73 sngnsgt

It shows me he has the cajones to face a usually liberal SNL cast.

Cajones has never been his problem.

[Link: www.nbc.com...]

McCain in a landslide

You can tell

re: #79 Ojoe

McCain in a landslide

You can tell

You can hope. . .

No matter how good/bad things look there is always room for a dropped ball or other major problem.

Would that I could have that much sense of humor after all that man has been through.

re: #76 song_and_dance_man

Here's someone else who's following both stories:
[Link: rezkowatch.blogspot.com...]

Was that a michevious twinkle in McCain's eye as he urged Democrats to keep finding all the cons on their candidates? Why yes it was. Ha!

After facing the lions den called the Hanoi Hilton, SNL is a tip-toe through the tulips for McCain. And it looks like he enjoys it.

I also liked the one about his oldness qualifications.

re: #8 bushleague

That was great. and I loved the final screen. "we are having trouble connecting to our server, if you are running ad blocking software please disable it."

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I can't watch SNL clips under Firefox at all because of my ad blocking add-ons; I have to go to IE for things like this. Fortunately, it's very rare that I even consider bothering to check out anything from SNL.

re: #78 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

[Link: www.nbc.com...]

If y'all didn't see this link, click it.

McCain is OLD. Just ask him.

That was pretty funny. And not a bad idea to go on a show with younger viewers looking like you're a likable fellow. I was also surprised by the warm welcome he received- not one "boo" in the crowd.

re: #84 abolitionist

I also liked the one about his oldness qualifications.

So did his great great great grandchildren. Some who are reaching retirement age.

That was awesome!

Seriously, if he can keep this up, he could come across as more charming than Obama.

re: #87 Sharmuta

Yeah, I was surprised as well. SNL isn't exactly a GOP demographic.

Hillary - screeching, cunning, killer-instinct Bubba wife
Obama - suave, empty-headed, deceitful, henpecked wacko
McCain - adult, experienced, compromised guy who will pick good staff

Seems pretty clear to me.

re: #89 psyop

That was awesome!

Seriously, if he can keep this up, he could come across as more charming than Obama.

Obama's negatives exceed 42%. I don't know McCains. Anyone?

Yesterday, I had a moonbat relative (and die hard clinton fan) mention that instead of giving money to a political party this year, he gave money to a veterans group. I saw this as a positive sign that not all moonbats are behind obama. Maybe there is "hope".

re: #93 Sharmuta

I know moonbats who will not vote for Hillary because she "supports the war." They don't like or admire Obama - they're just voting anti-Hillary.

that was so sweet. i like him.

re: #94 godfrey

In this case I think it's the opposite- he didn't say, but I'm guessing he doesn't like obama. I'm sure he'd also rather slit his wrists than vote republican, but my point is the dems are a house divided. If a die hard like my relative won't give them money- it's not looking good.

OT:

Hello lizards, long time no see. I lurk most of the time now, but always check in to read every day.

I wondered if one of you could help me. Not too long ago, some yahoo on some kind of Canadian Human Rights Commission job made a comment about how good it was that Canada didn't have that pesky First Amendment like those Americans.

Can anyone remember the exact quote? I'd really appreciate it.

I just hope the McCain joke is not on us.

re: #97 Sharmuta

Yes, definitely house divided, judging from my acquaintances. The young people, of course, only pay attention to rhetoric -- out of sheer laziness. Same as it ever was. All the adults I know are firm McCain supporters, though they have the typical adult chagrin that he's far from being ideal.

*clap clap clap*

i actually LOL'd! whoda' thunk it?

VERY good move, senator mccain!

Good idea for Mars. And relatively tech-simple and cheap.

Here's the plan for the next Moon mission

NASA video

(w/rock music)

re: #103 RTLM

pimf - wrong thread

Oh, look: Obama's lying to old people.

What a shock!

Democrat Barack Obama told seniors Sunday that Republican John McCain would threaten the Social Security that they and millions like them depend on because he supports privatizing the program.

While more subdued, his apprearance before about 130 people at an assisted living facility to talk Social Security was a significant attempt to tie the GOP's presidential nominee-in-waiting to an unpopular President Bush on a pocket book issue that motivates seniors — and also concerns younger generations worried about their own future retirement.

"Let me be clear, privatizing Social Security was a bad idea when George W. Bush proposed it, it's a bad idea today," Obama said. "That's why I stood up against this plan in the Senate and that's why I won't stand for it as president."

Funny how he didn't mention the fact that any sort of privatization plan would have nothing to do with the people he was talking to, who are already receiving benefits, or those nearing retirement age.

If younger workers are going to worry about something, it should be the fear that they won't privatize the system, because that's clearly the only way they're going to get anything from it.

That. Was. Awesome.

I loved how John jumped out of his seat and left, especially since the dickweed male "anchor" looked like he wanted to shake John's hand.

Oh man that was hilarious! Ahaha! Thanks Charles!

I hope Rush has some fun with this tomorrow - he pretty much endorsed Operation Chaos.

Hillary for Independent ! !

(you go girl!)

McCain has a sense of humor - and the joke's on us!

re: #105 lobo91

Oh, look: Obama's lying to old people.

What a shock!

Funny how he didn't mention the fact that any sort of privatization plan would have nothing to do with the people he was talking to, who are already receiving benefits, or those nearing retirement age.

If younger workers are going to worry about something, it should be the fear that they won't privatize the system, because that's clearly the only way they're going to get anything from it.

Don't get me started on this. Click my name to see my figures on the BENEFITS of "privatization" (I'm for it, as a woman in her 30s.) Honestly, all Bush was suggesting then was that they change Social Security to a 401(k)/IRA type deal. For those who haven't already retired.I have a 401(k) from my job.

This all goes back to a fundamental problem regarding systems. People don't understand systems, and so they rail against them.

Example - the Social Security issue: Most people don't understand what President Bush was trying to fix in the system (its impending INSOLVENCY for *younger people* who will retire in the future); so when anyone suggests "privatizing" the system (actually allowing the worker to invest her own money into a 401(k) that will earn said worker more money than leaving it in Social Security to be spent by Congress), that person is accused of stealing "hard-earned" retirement money from old people and "throwing it away" in the "volatile" stock markets.

Worse, the same people don't even understand that Social Security is money taken from younger people's paychecks to pay retirees now; with the (diminishing) expectation that said money will be "paid back" in the future. The problem with the current system is that there are too many retirees and not enough employees--by the 2040's I expect to lose 27 cents of every dollar taken by FICA over my employent history. I will never see that 27 cents per dollar again.

I want the hemmorage to be stopped. I'd rather take my chances with the stock markets than Congress--who keeps dipping into the SS pot and giving the people IOUs. Heck, the SS problem could be lessened if a law were passed that kept SS monies from being spent by Congress. Good luck getting such a commonsense law to be passed. (Yes, in this case, there REALLY "oughta be a law...".)

= RANT BELOW =

Whatever happened to younger people supporting their elderly relatives in their old age? The Japanese haven't quit. My family at least has done it(I remember it from childhood).

This support system was knocked out by the Great Depression, but FDR's effort to fix it has made EVERYTHING WORSE. All that "privatization" is is an effort to fix the problem before it gets worse when I'm old enough to collect. My mom will collect, great-grandma and granny already did/do.

Doesn't anybody remember that McCain hosted SNL about a year ago. There was the skit in which he sang karaoke and uttered the famous line "If Barbara Streisand can give political opinions, I can sing." He sported an "evil" goatee beard in another skit.

re: #18 DesertSage

That was pretty funny.

There's nothing funny about Obama or Hillary

You're a racist and a sexist, sir.

re: #109 Hannibal Smith

I hope Rush has some fun with this tomorrow - he pretty much endorsed Operation Chaos.

he is on vacation till Wednesday !

re: #98 armytramp

OT:

Hello lizards, long time no see. I lurk most of the time now, but always check in to read every day.

I wondered if one of you could help me. Not too long ago, some yahoo on some kind of Canadian Human Rights Commission job made a comment about how good it was that Canada didn't have that pesky First Amendment like those Americans.

Can anyone remember the exact quote? I'd really appreciate it.

I think you may be referring to Canadian Human Rights Commission "investigator" Dean Steacy, who said: "Freedom of speech is an American concept, so I don't give it any value. "

Here's a link: Testimony of Dean Steacy

James Downey is the writer responsible for most of SNL's political sketches. He's also been IDed as a Republican in several stories, and in the book that came out a few years ago on the show's history (whether or not Downey's a very conservative Republican in open to debate, but it does explain why McCain got a pretty fair shake on Saturday and why the show went against most of the media, including NBC News, in calling them out in March over their pro-Obama bias).

re: #29 Perry

All I can see is Saul Tigh without his eyepatch.

Yeah, but if the previews for the next episode are right, Tigh gets some action with Six, which makes him The Man!

re: #113 jmchez

Doesn't anybody remember that McCain hosted SNL about a year ago. There was the skit in which he sang karaoke and uttered the famous line "If Barbara Streisand can give political opinions, I can sing." He sported an "evil" goatee beard in another skit.

Here it is! It's a scream!

McCain is a funny guy. Kinda reminded me of Bob Dole who was always so dull, but had this hidden wicked humor, too.

McCain also has that clip on his campaign site, but it doesn't play on my computer for some reason.

Oddly enough!

Senator McCain's daughter Meghan McCain was an intern at Saturday Night Live, perhaps while she studied at Columbia University.
(per Washington Post story by Libby Copeland March 26, 2008)

McCain & Al Gore were both on Saturday Night Live in 2000, when Bush bashing was in full swing among the intelligentsia.

I'll tell you who's a pretty good comedian, Senator Arlen Specter.

Arlen Specter standup

re: #109 Hannibal Smith

I hope Rush has some fun with this tomorrow - he pretty much endorsed Operation Chaos.

I was going to say that, too. He basically agrees with the objective of Operation Chaos: keep the chaos going as long as possible to expose as many of their faults as possible.

#116

Thanks, Alberta!

That's exactly what I was thinking of! I really appreciate that!

That's the kind of humor that can disarm the listening public and win the election. Reagan was gifted that way too.